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Author professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o during an interview with the standard on 7/2/19. [File, Standard]
To Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, language was not merely a formation of words to communicate thoughts, but an expression of identity, history, culture, and the pride of a community.
Throughout his life, the celebrated literary figure championed vernacular languages as instruments of decolonisation and preservation of African identity and cultures.
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